Australia is the land of the pouched mammals .The best known Australian animal is the Kangaroo. It's quite easy to see them in the wild, but don't forget Kangaroos are most active after dusk and there are usually sleeping during the day. The Koala is another recognised symbol of Australia. It's difficult to take pictures because they sleep 20 hours a day.No story about Australian animals will be complete without crocodiles. In Australia is quite common to see an Emu. They are the second largest flightless bird in the world. Dingo is an Australian wild dog. Dingo regarded as a dangerous animal. Dingo has some features of a wolf as well as domestic dog.

Melbourne is the second, largest city in Australia. It is the capital of the Australian State Victoria. Melbourne has been called twice " the world most liveable city" in a survey by "the economist" on the basis of it's climate, cost of living culture, crime rates, health care. Melbourne is home to some of Australia's biggest sports events including: the Australian Formula one Gran Prix, the Australian Tennis Open, the Melbourne Cup horse races and the AFL Gran Final. Melbourne hosted Olympic Games in 1956 as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Throw the boomerang, dancing around the fire with sticks, that's what lots of tourists expect to see in Australia. Thanks to movies and books we have romantic imaginations about ancien aboriginal civilisation.Reality is quite different. Indigenous popolation in major cities in Australia is very small and it's hard to meet native Australians on the streets of Melbourne, Sidney.The only things of aboriginal culture are artifacts like boomerangs, paintings and musical instruments which you can buy in suvenir shops. The reason why there is not much of aboriginal culture lies in the events back 1700's and continued until the mid 20th century. Shortly after colonisation, aboriginals were ruthlessly attacked by white colonizers on the southeast territories of Australia. Many of the Aboriginals died from diseases brought to Australia. Nowadays the elements of reconciliation with indigenous popolation are a very important part of the Australian political life.

Aboriginal children: the stolen generation. Between 1910 and 1970 more than 100.000 aboriginal children were taken forcedly from their families, by the police or assistentsMany of them had not yet 5 years.These children are known as the stolen generation.These children were removed from their natural families without notice.It was thought that aboriginal mother not resented this loss of. Children aborigines or the means(the result of marriages between whites and natives) were re-educated according to western tradition, they must be like whites. Many were taken in churches or in some institutions, some were adopted by white parents, lost their original name, they lost their identity. Many of them suffered physical and sexual abuse. Food and living conditions were poor. They didn't receive a proper education and were expected future work as domestic servants or on farms.